Joseph William Woodrough
Joseph William Woodrough (1873-1977) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. Woodrough was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Early life and education
- Heidelburg University
- Read law, 1893[1]
Professional career
- Judge, Ward County Court, Texas, 1894-1896
- County attorney,Ward County, Texas, 1897
- Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898-1916[1]
Judicial career
Eighth Circuit
Woodrough was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 3, 1933 to fill the seat vacated by Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 12th, and received commission that same day. On January 3, 1961, he assumed senior status. He served in this capacity until his death on October 2, 1977. Joseph Woodrough was the oldest and longest serving federal judge.[2]
District of Nebraska
Woodrough was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on March 13, 1916 to fill the seat vacated by William Munger. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 31st, and received commission on April 3rd. He served on this court until April 12, 1933, when he was appointed to the Eighth Circuit.[1] Woodrough was succeeded in this position by James Donohoe.
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Henry Munger |
District of Nebraska 1916–1933 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Donohoe |
| Preceded by: Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1933–1977 |
Succeeded by: Pat Mehaffy
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. • Susan Bazis • Brian Buescher | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Cheryl Renae Zwart • Michael Nelson (Nebraska) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Laurie Smith Camp • Richard Kopf • Lyle Strom • Warren Urbom • William Cambridge • Arlen Beam • Elmer Scipio Dundy • William Douglas McHugh • William Henry Munger • Thomas Charles Munger • Joseph William Woodrough • James Donohoe • Thomas Shanahan • John Delehant • Robert Denney • Richard Dier • Albert Schatz • Robert Van Pelt • Richard Robinson (Nebraska) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Gerrard • Joseph Bataillon • Laurie Smith Camp • Richard Kopf • Lyle Strom • Warren Urbom • William Cambridge • Arlen Beam • James Donohoe • John Delehant • Richard Robinson (Nebraska) • | ||
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||